Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District

Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional
Address
100 Iona Avenue
, Salem County, New Jersey, 08069
United States
Coordinates39°43′16″N 75°28′04″W / 39.721087°N 75.467701°W / 39.721087; -75.467701
District information
GradesPreK to 12
SuperintendentZenaida Cobián
Business administratorKenneth H. Verrill
Schools5
Students and staff
Enrollment2,185 (as of 2018–19)
Faculty182.0 FTEs
Student–teacher ratio12.0:1
Other information
District Factor GroupA
Websitepgcpschools.org
Ind.Per pupilDistrict
spending
Rank
(*)
K-12
average
 %± vs.
average
1ATotal Spending$17,47725$18,891−7.5%
1Budgetary Cost13,1562214,783−11.0%
2Classroom Instruction8,173368,763−6.7%
6Support Services1,63882,392−31.5%
8Administrative Cost1,553391,4854.6%
10Operations & Maintenance1,590331,783−10.8%
13Extracurricular Activities1941268−27.6%
16Median Teacher Salary61,1102464,043
Data from NJDoE 2014 Taxpayers' Guide to Education Spending.
*Of K-12 districts with 1,800-3,500 students. Lowest spending=1; Highest=68

The Penns Grove-Carneys Point Regional School District is a comprehensive regional public school district serving students in pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade from Carneys Point Township and Penns Grove, two communities in Salem County, in the U.S. state of New Jersey. A majority of students in grades 9-12 from Oldmans Township attend the district's high school as part of a sending/receiving relationship with the Oldmans Township School District, with the balance attending Woodstown High School in the Woodstown-Pilesgrove Regional School District.

As of the 2018–19 school year, the district, comprised of five schools, had an enrollment of 2,185 students and 182.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 12.0:1.

The district is classified by the New Jersey Department of Education as being in District Factor Group "A", the lowest of eight groupings. District Factor Groups organize districts statewide to allow comparison by common socioeconomic characteristics of the local districts. From lowest socioeconomic status to highest, the categories are A, B, CD, DE, FG, GH, I and J.